Singapore board decides final GCE grades (via ST iPhone App)

Students checking their A-level results on a school's notice boards. The SEAB said that the GCE exams here are based on the Singapore curriculum and syllabus. -- ST FILE PHOTO By Amelia Tan Although Singapore's GCE O-level and A-level examination scripts are marked in Britain, a student's final grade is determined by the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (SEAB) and the Education Ministry, in consultation with University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE). The board, which administers the two exams here, also said that the exams are based on the Singapore curriculum and syllabus and are unaffected by the ongoing exam scandal in Britain. The British exam system has come under fire in the past week. An undercover investigation by British newspaper The Daily Telegraph claimed that examiners were telling teachers what questions would come up in the British ...